PyTesseract - Simple Python Optical Character Recognition

This repository contains the code for this blogpost.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Kindly ensure you have the following installed on your machine:

• Python 3
• Tesseract
• Git
• An IDE or Editor of your choice

Running the Application

1. Clone the repository

$ git clone https://github.com/ro6ley/python-ocr-example.git

2. Check into the cloned repository

$ cd python-ocr-example

3. If you are using Pipenv, setup the virtual environment and start it as follows:

$ pipenv install && pipenv shell

4. Install the requirements

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run OCR server

$ python app.py

Contribution

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